Hitting the Books: Do we really want our robots to have consciousness?

MIT Press Excerpted from How to Grow a Robot: Developing Human-Friendly, Social AI by Mark H. Lee © 2020 Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Although I argue for self-awareness, I do not… See the original post here: Hitting the Books: Do we really want our robots to have consciousness?

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Microsoft flexed its cloud and AI muscles at Build 2020

If you’re on the Targeted Release cycle, you’ll be one of the first people to try this out in Office.com and Outlook for the web. In the new format, you’ll be able to start whichever Office… See the article here: Microsoft flexed its cloud and AI muscles at Build 2020

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Tencent is taking over troubled RPG ‘System Shock 3’

Chinese conglomerate Tencent will be “taking the System Shock franchise forward,” developer OtherSide Entertainment has announced. A few days ago, ownership of the System Shock 3 website was… View post: Tencent is taking over troubled RPG ‘System Shock 3’

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The Morning After: Another new ‘Star Trek’ show is coming to CBS All Access

It’s Saturday morning, so we’re looking back at significant stories from Friday and throughout the last week, and just like yesterday’s email, a big acquisition has me wondering about the… Continued here: The Morning After: Another new ‘Star Trek’ show is coming to CBS All Access

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A closer look at Valorant’s always-on anti-cheat system

Vanguard has two main components: a traditional scanning service that boots up when the game does, and a device driver that loads at system start. The driver runs the entire time your PC is on,… Read the original post: A closer look at Valorant’s always-on anti-cheat system

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